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GEORGE WM. LIEB, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR MAKING BUTTON-BACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,534, dated February 28, 1893. Application filed August 11,1892. Serial No. 442,743. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WM. LIEB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Machine for Making Button-Backs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machinefor making button backs: and the object of my invention is to provide a machine of this kind which automatically punches out a sheetmetal back from a strip, shapes the same and provides it with an eye made of wire.

The invention consists in a machine for making button backs, constructed with a reciprocating punch, a swinging and rocking shaft having a sleeve for receiving the blanks from the punch and feeding them to mechanism for shaping an eye, which is inserted through an aperture in the blank, whereupon the shanks of the eye are spread on the inner surface of the blank. The several mechanisms for accomplishing these different steps are all operated from the same shaft and the several operations take place successively, and while one pair of blanks is being made by some of the mechanism another pair is being made by others. 7

The invention also consists in the construction and combination of parts and details which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aside-view of rnyimproved machine for making button backs, parts being broken out- Fig.2 is a front-elevation of the machine. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan-view of the same,on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a side-viewof the machine, parts of the front end of the same being shown in longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse-sectional View of the machine, looking from the rear on the line 5 5, of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the ma chine, on the line 6 6, of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a detail View of the combined retaining and ejecting spring. Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional view of the punch die. Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the blank conveyor and punch. Fig. 10 is a similar view of the same showing another position. Fig. 11 is an end-view of the sliding spreading punch in the blank-conveyer. Fig. 12 is a horizontal sectional view of the combined retaining and ejecting spring, and a plan-view of the sliding jaws forming the eye around the point and of the anvil, Fig. 13 is an inside face-view of the buttonback made by the machine. Fig. 14 is a crossseetional view of the same, on the line 14 14, of Fig. 13. p

Similar letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts.

In the frame A the main-shaft Bis suitably mounted to rotate, and is provided at one end with a belt-pulley B and with a clutch mechanism B of any well known construction, by

means of which the belt-pulley B can be coupled to the same. In a head A at the front end of the machine the box-shaped frame 0 is guided, which frame 0 contains the block 0 into which the eccentric pin 0 of a disk 0 on the front end of the shaft B passes, so that when said shaft B is rotated the box-shaped frame 0 is moved up and down in the head A. A guide-stem D D is secured to the top and bottom of the boxshaped frame 0 and guided in suitable openings in the top and bottom of the head A, so as to insure the true and vertical movement of said box-shaped piece and of said guidest-ems. In the lower end of the stem D the tubular punch E is inserted and held in place bya binding-screw E. A punch rod F, provided on its lower end with a perforating die F is mounted to slide in the tubular punch E and is pressed upward by a helical spring Fsurrounding it,thelower end of said spring resting on the base of a cavity in the punch E, and the upper end rests against the collar F of said punch-rod F. Said punch-rod F isprovided at its upper end with a cross-piece F that can move up and down in a transverse slot D of the stem D. The tubular die G is held in the tapering holder G placed into a socket G that is suitably clamped on the base-plate A of the machine frame, said die and its holder being so 'shaped that the bottom edge of the tubular punch E can pass into the latter, as shown in Fig.8.

On the base-plate A of the machine a suitable guide H having the longitudinal groove H for guiding a sheet of metal is fastened,

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the end of said guide 11 lapping over the top of the die-holder socket G To the socket G2 an L-shaped arm H is fastened, which projects over the die H and is providedin its top with an aperture through which the punch can pass. A stop-pin H is also fastened on the socket G and projects over the top of the die-holder G, as shown in Fig. 3, the said stop-pin H being so adjusted that its point is almost in contact with the surface of the tubular punch E when the latter descends.

oted to the said bracket A jecting from the=endsof the box .0 guided in the head A. ,In the apex of said V-shaped levers .J .a shaft K is mounted,.on which is.

pawl K guided on the outer surface of one of the short shanks-of one of the V-shapedlevers J, and said sliding pawl K is pressed against the rim of the disk K by a helical, springK surrounding the stem of said pawl? In thecenterof said rocking shaft K atubef: L is fixedtransversely and is provided at onei end with an annular rounded rim L projecting beyond thecircumference of the shaft K and a short distance inward from said round- Aupunch l L is mounted toslide in said ,tube L and is pressed in the direction from that endof the tube provided with the rounded rim L by a} helical spring L of which .one end bears 1 against the inner edge of the ledge L andtthej other end againsta shoulder of the sliding punch. .Said sliding punch has one=endprovided with two raised partsl arrangedatop ed rim L,, with an annular ledge L posite sides of the centerof the end-surface of the punchand a short distance from said 1 center, the surface of the end of the punch beinginclined from each raised part, as shown in Fig. 11.

pivoted to the forked end of the punch L and the other end of said lever is provided with a pin M passing through a transverse aperture At each sideof the head A a bracket A is arranged on the front end of the machine, and to each bracketa V shaped lever J is pivoted, which has shanks of dif-. ferent lengths the shorter shanks being piv- The longer shanks of the lever .J are pivotally connected. by .the links J with the trunnions J o prosame are moved forward.

A lever M is pivoted to lugs M projecting from the shaft K, and has one end ver N pivoted at N to the rear side of the front standard A of the machine, the upper ends of said levers N being at opposite sides of a cam-disk N secured on the shaft B. Springs N fastened to the rear side of the standardA bear with their lower ends on the lower ends of the lever N and press the same and the slidingpieces N connected therewith from each other. To each sliding piece N a jaw n is fastened provided at its free end with a beveled edge n for a purpose that will be described hereinafter.

The shaft 0 is guided to move vertically on the machine frame and is provided with a pin 0, on which a pin 0 on the collarof the cam M can act so-as to raise said rod 0 for each rotation ofthe-shaft, said rod descending underthe actionof aLspringO -surrounding'the same. .Said vertically-reciprocatingrod 0 is provided with ,an arm 0 from the end of which a pin P ,proj ects downward .in ;front 0f the end of a horizontally-reciprocatinganvil drivingshaft 13, as shown in :Figs. land 4, so

that every time the shaft B makes a rotation the sliding piece Q and the anvil Q in the The end of said anvil slides over and rests upon a fixed guidepiece R on the base of the machine, and to the front of saidfixed guide-piece a springstrip R is secured, which is providedzat its upper end witha transverse slot R The anvil Q is provided in its front end with avertical groove (1 vadaptedto receive the pin P, and with a transverse notch q. A longitudinally slotted rocking .lever S is mounted :to rockon the shaft S at the side-of themachine frame,

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and said lever carries at one end :aspringpawl S engagingja ratchet-wheel S fix-ed on the shaft S,.and said shaft S also icarriesa wheels having pins S on its rim, which pins S enter notches in the rim :of 1a wheels mounted in spring hearings in *bracketsion the sideof the machine-frame. A wire a-is guided between the wheels fStand Sand is fed by thesa'mei-nto-themachineframe. Said wire passes through suitable .guidessof the machine frame and through anaperturein a jaw T, of which :there :are two on the guide piece It and whichguide theanvil. Theslotted levers is worked up and down by a rod T .,which in turn is actuated by an-eccentric T on the main driving shaft B.

The operation is as follows:-'1.-he sheetmetal, such as tin is-conducted through-the guide groove 1-1 of the metal guide Huntil its end strikes the-stoppiece H The shaft B is then coupled to the driving mechanism by means of the clutch previously described and the tubular punch E is forced .downand cuts out acircular blank I), and at the same By this time the punch-rod is-moved up to such an extent that the cross-rod F strikes against the bottom of the head A whereby the punch rod F is arrested, and as the tubular punch E moves upward said punch 'od F forces the blank b out of the tubular punch E and into the end of the sleeve L, as shown in Fig. 9. That is, the punched blank has been conveyed from the tubular punch into the end of the sleeve L. The punch-rod D is now in its raised position. When it again descends to punch out a new blank, the shaftK is swung from the position shown in Fig. 1 into the position shown in Fig. 4, and by the action of the segmental rack and pinion on said shaft it is turned ninety degrees and brought into the position shown in Fig. 10. In the meantime a wire 0 has been fed by the wire-feeding device through the jaw T, as shown in Fig. 6, and the arm 0 and its pin P have descended so that the latter extends across said wire. The anvil Q is now pushed forward in the direction of its length and in moving forward first cuts off the wire by the shearing action against the jaw T and presses said wire against the pin P. By the action of the sides of the recess Q and notch Q the wire that has been cut off is bent around the pin P. The two slides N now move toward each other and the jaws not the same acting on the wire bend the same to project at rightangles to the directionin which the Wire is fed and shape it so as to form an eye 01 around the pin P, as shown in Fig. 12. By the time this wire is bent in this manner the shaft K has brought the punched blank I) held in the end of the sleeve L against the spring R and has pressed said spring against the end of the anvil, compelling the shanks of the eye thus formed to pass through the opening of the blank I). By this time the pin M on one end of the lever M has struck against the lug g on the front of the frame of the machine and has been forced outward, whereby the other end of the lever Mv is forced inward and presses the shaping end of the punch L against the shanks of the eye and bends said shanks in opposite direction on the inner face of the blank, as shown in Fig. 10. The button is now held by the spring R, by the end of the sleeve L, by the anvil and by the pin P. The shaft K now recedes, the pin P is moved upward thereby releasing the eye of the button, and the spring R throws the button back formed outward.

During the time that this,

While each of the several operations is taking place another operation is also taking place on a different blank. For example, a blank is punched out, and is then transferred to the sleeve L of the shaft K and while it is being conducted by said shaft K to the end of the anvil, the punch descends to cut out a fresh blank, and while the shaft K swings toward the end of the anvil, the wire is being fed forward, out OK and bent around the pin P and is shaped by the jaws so as to give the eye the proper shape ready for the blank when the same is brought up against the end of the anvil.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A machine for making button backs, constructed with a reciprocatingpunch for punching out blanks, a swinging shaft suspended from said punch, a cog-wheel on said shaft and a fixed segmental rack engaging said cogwheel for the purpose of rotating the shaft,

substantially as set forth.

2. A machine for making button backs, constructedwith a reciprocating punch, a rocking and swinging shaft suspended from said punch, a rack and cog-wheel for rotating said shaft and a spring pawl piece for locking the shaft in different positions,'substantially as set forth.

3. In a machinefor making button backs, the combination, with a reciprocating punch, of a swinging and rotating shaft operated from said punch, a transverse sleeve held in said shaft and a punch in said sleeve, substantially as set forth.

4. In a machine for making button backs,

the combination, with a reciprocating punch,-

of a swinging and rocking shaft suspended from said reciprocating punch, a transverse sleeve in said shaft, a punch in said sleeve,

a lever pivoted on the shaft and pivotally connected with said punch and means for operating said lever and the punch when the shaft swings against a fixed frame of the machine, snbstantially as set forth.

5. In a machine for making button backs, the combination, with a reciprocating punch, of a swinging and rocking shaft suspended from the punch, a transverse sleeve in said shaft, a punch in said sleeve, a lever pivoted on the shaft and pivotally connected with said punch in the sleeve and a pin projecting from the opposite end of said lever to the rocking shaft, which pin is adapted to strike against a lug on the frame of the machine, substantially as set forth.

6. In a machine for making button backs, the combination, with a tubular punch, of a movable punch rod in the same a cross-piece connected with the movable punch rod and adapted to strike against a head of the machine frame and a swinging and rocking shaft having a transverse sleeve for receiving the punched blank, substantially as set forth.

7. In a machine for making button-backs,-

7 said spring, substantially as set forth.

the combination, with a reciprocating tubular punch,-of a movable punch rod in the same, a cross-piece on said sliding punch adapted to strike against a head, of the machine frame, a swinging and rocking shaft operated from the holder of the reciprocating punch and a sleeve in said rocking shaft adapted to receive the blank punched out of the metal by the. above mentioned tubular punch, substantially as set forth.

8. In a machine for making button backs; the combination, with a reciprocating punch, of levers pivoted to the machine frame and j pivotally connected with the punch, a seg mental rack projecting from the machine frame, a rocking shaft mounted in said piv oted levers, a ratchet-wheel on said rockingi shaft engaging the rack projecting from the? machine :frame and a blank receiving sleevei mounted in said rocking and swinging shaft, substantially as set forth.

9. In a machine for making button backs, the combinatiomwith a punch and blank conveyer, of a reciprocating wire cutter, and; apertured spring in front of the same and a vertically movable pin mounted to pass in between the end of the wire-cutter and the 10. In a machine for making button backs, the combination, with a punch and a conveyer for conducting the blank from the punch, of a wire-feeding device, a reciprocating wirefront-of the wire cutting device and laterally{ movable jaws for bending the wire around; said pin, substantially as set forth.

11. In a machine for making button backs, the combination, with a reciprocating punch,

of a conveyer for receiving the blank from the punch, a wire feeding device, a recipro-' cating wire cutter, .a movable pin in front of the wire -cutter,jlaterally movable jaws in front ofthe wire'cutter for-shaping the wire around the pin to form an eye and means for spreading the shanks of the eye after they have been passed through an aperture in the blank, substantially as set forth.

'12. In a machine for making button backs,

the combinatiomwith a reciprocating punch, of a swinging and rocking shaft having a sleeve for receiving a punched blank, a punch in said sleeve a Wire feeding device, a reciprocating wire-cutting device, a movable pin in front of the wire cutter and laterally movable jaws for bending the wire around the shaft, a longitudinallyreciprocating wire-cutting device operated from the driving shaft and a vertically movable pin also operated from the drivingshaft, around-which pin the wire can be bent to form an eye,-substantially asset forth. 4

15. In a machine for making button backs,

the combination, with a driving shaft, of a punch operated from the driving shaft, a blank conveyer operated from the punch, a wire feeding device operated from the driving shaft, a longitudinally reciprocating wirecutting device operated from the driving shaft, a vertically movable pin also operated from the driving shaft, around which pin the 5 wire can be bent to form an eye, and laterally movable jaws also operated from the driving shaft and serving to bend and shape the wire around said pin, substantially .as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my'name inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEG. WM. LIEB. Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, CHARLES SCHROEDER. 

